Dr. Rahman Daiyan is a renewable energy and powerfuel specialist with a track-record in technology development, technoeconomic feasibility studies and technical design for government(s) and industry clients in Asia-Pacific and EU. He is a Senior Lecturer and Scientia Fellow at the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering at University of New South Wales and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award...view more
Dr. Rahman Daiyan is a renewable energy and powerfuel specialist with a track-record in technology development, technoeconomic feasibility studies and technical design for government(s) and industry clients in Asia-Pacific and EU. He is a Senior Lecturer and Scientia Fellow at the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering at University of New South Wales and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow. He is the deputy lead for NSW Powerfuels including Hydrogen Network and is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Training Centre for Global Hydrogen Economy (GlobH2E), Australian Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation, Australian Trailblazer Recycling and Clean Energy (ATRaCE) Program, Australian research lead for Horizon Europe HyLuxValley, ARENA funded HyGate and lead for Pacific Hydrogen Strategy.
My Grants
- 2025: Australian Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) Lab to Market Funding Round (Lead CI, $1.2 million TRaCE, $0.6 million industry cash)
- 2024: Australian Renewable Energy Agency funded Multiphase Electrolyser for Renewable Ammonia Production (OzAmmonia) (co-lead CI, $2.4 million ARENA, $1.5 million industry cash)
- 2024: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Australia-Germany Green Iron and Steel Feasibility Study (Lead CI, $495,000)
- 2023: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Pacific Hydrogen Strategy (Lead CI, $1.39 million)
- 2023: ARC Centre of Excellence in Carbon Science Innovation (Chief Investigator, $150,000 per year for 7 years)
- 2023: Horizon Europe Hydrogen Valley Funding (Australian-lead) [Embargoed]
- 2023: ARENA funded German-Australian Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Incubator, ATCO Consortium ($800,000- research lead)
- 2023: AusIndustry and CRC Future Food Systems Project with FPCU on Green Monomer Production ($2.3 million)
- 2022: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) on renewable urea production (Lead CI, $360,000)
- 2022: DISER-CSIRO International Hydrogen Collaboration Program-Delegate
- 2022: Australian Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (ATRaCE), CI in project with Rio Tinto ($1.3 million)
- 2022: NSW Environmental Trust: NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Network, deputy lead for Powerfuels including Hydrogen Network ($8.46 million to be unlocked through network).
- 2022: Invest NSW: Power-to-X Micro-Hub Pre-FEED ($50,000-project lead)
- 2022: Invest NSW: NSW Power-to-X Industry Feasibility Study ($250,000-project lead)
- 2021: UNSW School of Chemical Engineering Teaching Microgrants Scheme ($6,000).
- 2021: NSW Office of Chief Scientist and Engineer: NSW Power-to-X Pre-Feasibility Study ($50,000).
- 2020: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Australia-Germany Hydrogen Value Chain Feasibility Study ($583,000-project co-lead).
- 2020: ARC Training Centre for Global Hydrogen Economy, Chief Investigator for Theme 1 and 4 ($4.9 million).
- 2020: Confidential Bank Contract Research: Renewable Hydrogen Systems (Lead CI, $35,000).
- 2020: CRC-P H2Store/DIIS: Chief Investigator, Review of the solar PV and hybrid energy storage system performance ($300,000)
- 2020: CSIRO Research Grant: Techno-economic analysis of commercial H2 generation in Australia (Lead CI, $45,000).
- 2020: UNSW Digital Futures Grid Institute Grant: Generation of Renewable-powered Synthetic Fuels from Waste Carbon Dioxide ($60,000).
- 2019: UNSW Digital Futures Grid Institute Grant: Generating Renewable Hydrogen: Power to Gas Research ($120,000).
- 2018: UNSW Faculty of Engineering Postdoctoral Writing Fellowship ($10,000).
- 2018: Winner, Faculty of Engineering Three Minute Thesis ($2,500 in prize money).
My Research Activities
Advancing Renewable Fuel and Ammonia Technology to bring them to market, Energy Transition Modelling, Green Mineral Technoeconomic Modelling
My Teaching
Course co-ordinator and delivery for AGSM9162: Decarbonisation and Transition to Clean Energy and CEIC6714: Hydrogen Systems Engineering and Economics; Short courses on Renewable Fuels, Critical Minerals and Hydrogen Production for Electrical Engineers - Part 1)
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